The skiers tried to find an extra edge to fly farther by adjusting the crotch of their suits. “We regret it like dogs,” the team’s coach said.

Norwegian Olympic medal-winning ski jumpers Marius Lindvik and Johann Andre Forfang and three team officials are provisionally suspended for using manipulated suits to "cheat the system".

Marius Lindvik and Johann Andre Forfang were disqualified after a World Championships event on Saturday for illegal suits.

Robert Johansson, Robin Pedersen and Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal have become the latest Norwegian ski jumpers to be suspended due to manipulated jumpsuits, the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) announced on Thursday.

Team officials are accused of altering athletes' suits to enhance their aerodynamics. The suspension by International Ski and Snowboard Federation (IFS) follows last week's FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.

Cheating by Norway team officials manipulating ski suits has shaken a national reputation for fair play and high-minded principles at their home Nordic world championships.

Ski jumpers Marius Lindvik and Johann Andre Forfang have been provisionally suspended, along with three Norwegian team officials, the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) announced on Wednesday.

=Marius Lindvik, of Norway, soars through the air during his first round jump of the ski jumping men’s team large hill competition at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim, Norway, Thursday, March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

It was revealed in video secretly recorded from behind a curtain then sent by a whistleblower to international media. An FIS official said the illegal alterations were subsequently confirmed by tearing apart the seams of the crotch area on the ski suits in question.